Or.....

Extreme overkill.

I was drivin' a friend around to check her coon traps. As we're drivin' down the road we noticed an older woman pulled to the side of the road, and a buck off in the bush a little ways.
She hit the deer and it was still alive, with all 4 legs busted. Luckily she was ok, and her car had minimal damage.
We noticed the deer was (I think it's called) 'pied' or speckeled (white spots working their way up it's sides). My friend wanted to claim the deer and get it mounted (it was a nice 8 point).
Well, the cops were called. When the cop arrived my friend tried to let him know she'd appreciate it if he'd try to put it down without messing the head up too bad. The cop kinda ignored her, walked up to the deer and took a shot, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another. In all the cop ended up taking 15 shots to "kill" the deer.
We asked him why he shot it so many times. His response was that it kept on moving after he shot it.
Well my friend decided it wasn't worth trying to get the head mounted, so we ended up leaving, laughing to each other about the cop thinkin' that the deer was STILL alive, even after the first few shots with his 9 mm. As close as he was, even using a .22 would have only needed, at the most, two shots.

Just thought I'd pass this funny event of the day along to ya all.

Oh, yeah, there wasn't anything in any of the traps we were checkin'

 

I have seen a cop try to kill a hit animal by shooting it in the head, where the bone was too thick to allow for his rather silly ammo to penetrate. They are not hunters, that is for sure.

Theo

 

He obviously did not understand a body and what it does when shot.

Sure, he was not frustrated and just took it out on the already dead dear!

 

maybe he's one of those people who think an assault rifle would be a viable hunting arm

 

A 9 mm IMHO is the most worthless firearm for finishing off an animal. It can work great if used as it was intended. But a mercy shot? Blah. The cop should've aimed it point blank

 

Had an officer shoot a BADGER three time to put it out. I was target shooting with my bow and this badger is runnin around like it was rabid...since I was at a state park figured I'd better not shoot it...got the officer there and he shot it three times.

 

He could have shot it in the heart, -but then he would have had to know where that was...

Next time maybe ask the officer if he knows where and how to shoot it. Then ask him where, to see if he does actually know. Then an anatomy lesson would be required because I doubt that he would let you use his sidearm to shoot it.

 

Yeah, a heart shot is the best. If you shoot anything in the head, it will probably kill it, but the body will twitch around for quite a while even after it being dead. A heart shot will slowly suffocate the brain.

I guess the cop watched too many movies when people and animals die instantly from gunshots. Hardley ever the case...

 

Agree, hardly ever the case!

 

He certainly wasn't a hunter (he admitted that) but you'd think a cop would know that a body will twitch for awhile after it's dead.

Oh well, maybe we ended up teachin' the cop something.

 

YOU would think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Holy Cow. I would have headed STRAIGHT to the media and thrown an unholy FIT!! . . if I had lived that long.

I (personally) would consider a person carrying a gun that was OBVIOUSLY that clueless as to it's use/effect a direct threat to my personal safety!! One carrying a badge - DOUBLY SO!!

That cop would have had to surrender the gun - or use it on me -before he ever got close to 15 rounds in the deer. I kid you NOT.

(AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!)

 

You are sure that he actually hit the animal?

 

Proably not, heck that long distance shooting takes a load of skill

 

Well, I was standing about 50-60 ft away, the cop was about 4-5 ft away when he first started shooting, and the deer wasn't moving around to make it a difficult shot. By the last few shots he was probably 2-3 ft away.
I would think at 4-5 ft a cop should be able to hit what he's aimin' at.


Artists rendering of the scene

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